December 11 - Births

Births

• 1465 – Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)
• 1475 – Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
• 1566 – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d. 1650)
• 1680 – Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (d. 1736)
• 1709 – Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)
• 1712 – Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (d. 1764)
• 1725 – George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)
• 1761 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d. 1835)
• 1781 – Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist (d. 1868)
• 1801 – Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)
• 1803 – Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869)
• 1810 – Alfred de Musset, French poet (d. 1857)
• 1830 – Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (d. 1872)
• 1838 – John Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (d. 1915)
• 1843 – Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
• 1856 – Georgi Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary and Marxist theoretician (d. 1918)
• 1858 – Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (d. 1943)
• 1863 – Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (d. 1941)
• 1873 – Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967)
• 1875 – Yehuda Leib Maimon, Bassarabian-born Israeli rabbi and government minister (d. 1962)
• 1880 – Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
• 1882 – Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921)
• 1882 – Max Born, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
• 1882 – Fiorello La Guardia, American statesman (d. 1947)
• 1883 – Victor McLaglen, English-born American actor (d. 1959)
• 1889 – Walter Knott, American farmer (d. 1981)
• 1890 – Carlos Gardel, tango singer (d. 1935)
• 1890 – Mark Tobey, American painter (d. 1976)
• 1897 – Ronald Skirth, conscientious objector of the First World War (d. 1977)
• 1904 – Marge, American cartoonist (d. 1993)
• 1905 – Robert Henriques, English writer (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Gilbert Roland, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1908 – Elliott Carter, American composer
• 1908 – Amon Göth, commandant of Nazi concentration camp (d. 1946)
• 1908 – Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese director
• 1909 – Ronald McKie, Australian author (d. 1991)
• 1909 – John Wyer, English sports car racing team manager (d. 1989)
• 1910 – Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (d. 1937)
• 1911 – Val Guest, English film director (d. 2006)
• 1911 – Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2006)
• 1911 – Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (d. 2009)
• 1912 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (d. 2007)
• 1913 – Jean Marais, French actor (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989)
• 1918 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer and Soviet dissident, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
• 1919 – Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Liz Smith, British actress
• 1922 – Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Dilip Kumar, Indian actor
• 1922 – Grace Paley, American writer (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Betsy Blair, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Doc Blanchard, American football player (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
• 1926 – Big Mama Thornton, American singer (d. 1984)
• 1927 – John Buscema, American comics artist (d. 2002)
• 1930 – Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress
• 1930 – Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor
• 1931 – Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress
• 1931 – Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher
• 1931 – Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1931 – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru (d. 1990)
• 1932 – Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan Contra leader (d. 1991)
• 1932 – Anne Heywood, English actress
• 1932 – Aladár Kovácsi, Hungarian modern pentathlon olimpic champion (1952, Helsinki) (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician
• 1935 – Ron Carey, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1935 – Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician
• 1935 – Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
• 1936 – Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
• 1937 – Jim Harrison, American writer
• 1938 – Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer
• 1938 – McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist
• 1938 – Reg Livermore, Australian entertainer
• 1939 – Tom Hayden, American politician and activist
• 1939 – Thomas McGuane, American writer
• 1940 – David Gates, American musician (Bread)
• 1941 – Max Baucus, American politician, senior senator of Montana
• 1941 – J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1941 – J. Frank Wilson, American singer (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) (d. 1991)
• 1942 – Donna Mills, American actress
• 1943 – John Kerry, American politician
• 1944 – Jon Garrison, American tenor
• 1944 – Teri Garr, American film actress
• 1944 – Lynda Day George, American actress
• 1944 – Brenda Lee, American singer
• 1946 – Susan Kyle (aka Diana Palmer, Susan S. Kyle, Diana Blayne, Katy Currie), American writer
• 1948 – Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek composer
• 1950 – Nino Frassica, Italian actor
• 1950 – Christina Onassis, American heiress (d. 1988)
• 1953 – Bess Armstrong, American actress
• 1954 – Jermaine Jackson, American singer (Jackson 5)
• 1954 – Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic engineer
• 1954 – Santiago Creel, Mexican politician
• 1955 – Stu Jackson, American basketball head coach
• 1955 – Christian Sackewitz, German footballer
• 1956 – Andrew Lansley, British politician
• 1956 – Lani Brockman, American actress, director and playwright
• 1958 – Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe)
• 1958 – Isabella Hofmann, American actress
• 1960 – Rachel Portman, English film composer
• 1961 – Marco Pierre White, English chef and restaurateur
• 1962 – Ben Browder, American actor
• 1962 – Paul Haslinger, Austrian-born composer
• 1962 – Nele Karajlić, Bosnian singer
• 1963 – Jon Brion, American musician/record producer
• 1964 – Michel Courtemanche, French Canadian comedian
• 1964 – Justin Currie, Scottish singer and songwriter
• 1964 – John Mark Karr, American who claimed involvement in JonBenét Ramsey case
• 1964 – David Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic)
• 1964 – Cosy Sheridan, American singer
• 1964 – Carolyn Waldo, Canadian synchronized swimmer
• 1966 – Gary Dourdan, American actor
• 1966 – Leon Lai, Hong Kong Cantonese singer/actor
• 1967 – Mo'Nique, American actress/comedienne
• 1967 – DJ Yella, American DJ and music producer (N.W.A)
• 1968 – Fabrizio Ravanelli, Italian footballer
• 1969 – Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer
• 1969 – Sean Grande, American sportscaster
• 1969 – Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer
• 1969 – Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster, current World Chess Champion
• 1971 – Willie McGinest, American football player
• 1972 – Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1972 – Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer
• 1973 – Mos Def, American rapper and actor
• 1974 – Rey Mysterio, Mexican professional wrestler
• 1974 – Lisa Ortiz, TV animation and video game voice actress.
• 1974 – Ben Shephard, English TV personality
• 1975 – Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist
• 1975 – Tomoka Kurotani, Japanese actress
• 1976 – Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player
• 1977 – Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1979 – Rider Strong, American actor
• 1980 – Arya, Indian actor
• 1981 – Nikki Benz, Ukraine-born Canadian pornographic actress
• 1981 – Hamish Blake, Australian comedian
• 1981 – Paul Medhurst, Australian rules footballer
• 1981 – Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer
• 1981 – Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
• 1982 – Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentine racing driver
• 1983 – Yoh Miyamori, Japanese musician (Orange Range)
• 1984 – Leighton Baines, English footballer
• 1985 – Aiko Kayo, Japanese idol singer
• 1987 – Clifton Geathers, American football player
• 1987 – Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer
• 1988 – Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer
• 1989 – Murugan Thiruchelvam, English chess player